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THE FARMEas' CABINET. 



VOL. r 



BOTANICAL EMBLEMS, 



AMARANTH — EMBLEM OF VIRTUE. 



The fadeless treasure of the mind, the dis- 

 tinguishing attribute of our nature, in its state 

 of primeval goodness, isennbiennatically rep- 

 resented by the amaranth, whose flowers on 

 the authority of poesy, are endowed with the 

 <|uality of perennial bloom. Though autumn's 

 chilling winds assail its leaves, or wintry 

 tempests bend the slender stem, yet still its 

 purple flowers unfold their beauties to the 

 light, unblighted by the passing blast — un- 

 injured by the lapse of time; lasting and 

 bright as the rays which surround the hal- 

 lowed fane where virtue is enshrined. The 

 moral of this poetical illusion has been thus 

 rendered by an anonymous writer: 



Though chilling winds may blow, 



And blossoms meet their doom ; 

 One lovely flower will grow, 



And live in fadeless bloom : 

 When summer hues are fled, 



And wintry blasts deform, 

 'T^ill rear its gentle head, 



Unhurt amid the storm. 



Thus virtue ever shines, 



When worldly cares surround ; 

 As life's bright sun declines, 



Its lustre still is found : 

 'Tis bright in pleasure's hour, 



And gilds dark sorrow's day; 

 Like amaranthine flower, 



It blooms amid decay I 



JONQUIL EMBLEM OF TORMENT. 



That there is a very singular affinity be- 

 tween the varied sensations of the mind and 

 body, is perceptible to the most ordinary in- 

 tellect. This idea is illustrated in many 

 of these botanical illusions, and particularly 

 in the subject of the present notice. The 

 Jonquil represents torments, either moral ori 

 physical; its yellow hue and sickeningj 

 odor, are strikingly typical of those torments j 

 of the mind, 



" Which steep the soul in wretchedness 

 And prey upon the heart ." 



and equally so of those corporeal agonies 

 which 



" Wring the frame to bear." 



Mickle thus makes the application of this 

 subject to an individual whose conscience 

 was seared by crime : 



His heart is dead to earthly joy, 



His hopes the world cannot restore; 

 When torments of the mind destroy 



Life's flowers, they never blossom more : 

 His being's essence all is gone. 



Whose soul is of the jonquil's hue ! 

 The blighted flowers may linger on 



The tree, yet never bloom anew. 



TO-MORROW. 



BY THE HON. MRS. NORTON. 



What e'er the grief that dims my eye, 



What e'er the cause of sorrow, 

 We turn us weeping to the sky 



And say, " we'll smile to-morrow." 

 And when from those we love we part. 



From hope, we comfort borrow, 

 And whisper to our aching heart, 



" We'll meet again to-morrow." 



But when to-morrow comes, 'tis still 



An image of to-day, 

 Still tears our heavy eyelids fill, 



Still mourn we those away. 

 And when that morrow too is past, 



(A yesterday of sorrow ;) 

 Hope, smiling, cheats us to the last 



With visions of to-morrow. , 



Corn, 



Should be planted more thickly on fertile 

 land than on poor ; as a rich soil will sustain 

 and mature a much greater number of thrifty 

 stalks than a poor one. This fact may easily 

 be perceived in the fall of theyearby passing 

 through a cornfield, where in some parts five 

 or six stalks with well ripened ears may be 

 fiund in a single hill ; while in others:, if there 

 are more than one or two in a hill, the ears 

 will be found small and green, owing 

 entirely to the difl'erence in the quality of 

 the soil. 



Soda for Washing^. 



We have been requested by a correspond- 

 ent, to publish the recipe for washing with 

 Sub-carbonate of Soda. To five gallons of 

 water add a pint and a half of soft soap and 

 two ounces soda. Put the clothes (after 

 soaking over night) into the mixture when at 

 boiling heat, rubbing the parts most soiled 

 wiltisoap. Boil them one hour — drain — rub, 

 and rinse them in warm water, after being 

 put into indigo water, they are fit lor drying. 

 Half the soap and more than halt the labor is 

 saved by washing in this manner. — Silk Cul- 

 turist. 



Siik. 



The Northampton Silk Company have been 

 manufacturing Sewing ."ilk for the last three 

 months in large quantities. Some of it we 

 saw the other day, is as highly finished and 

 as smooth as the best Italian. Tiiny make 

 over sixty pounds a week. They are just 

 beginning the manufacture of silk fabrics and 

 when the new factory building is finished, 

 they will do more in this way than all tho 

 other establishments in the country put to- 

 gether. — yorthampto:c Courier. 



